You might not know this but most of the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka come from your kind of people - ethnonationalists - who also often kill Muslims. Shoutinghorse is yet another ignorant retard I presume?

You might not know this but most of the terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka come from your kind of people - ethnonationalists - who also often kill Muslims. Shoutinghorse is yet another ignorant retard I presume?

Oh what joys and elucidation await you ....

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I’m sure no-one has forgotten that Earth Day is Monday 21 April while Easter resonates on Sunday morning. Which is apparently the third day after Friday 3.00 pm. Something I could never wrap my head around.

Brive1987 wrote: ↑
I’m sure no-one has forgotten that Earth Day is Monday 21 April while Easter resonates on Sunday morning. Which is apparently the third day after Friday 3.00 pm. Something I could never wrap my head around.

Obviously Jesus was crucified west of the international dateline, resurrected east of it, probably in California. Therefore, losing a calendar day.

The toll in Sri Lanka has risen to more than 200 people dead, about 35+ of those being foreigners, and 500 injured. And now I read there's been another explosion. Still anticipating "solidarity" for affected Christians (they did target a church after all) but still no response from "true leader" Jacinda. Oh well. :violin:

Also, it's a bit funny that in English, it's Easter, but in Swedish, it's "Påsk." Derived, I think, from Pesach, a Jewish holiday, while Easter comes from Ēostre, a Pagan festival. It's weird. It should be reversed. Old Nords were known to adopt Pagan rituals, not Christian or Jewish. That's why Christmas in Swedish is "Jul" (Yule).

The toll in Sri Lanka has risen to more than 200 people dead, about 35+ of those being foreigners, and 500 injured. And now I read there's been another explosion. Still anticipating "solidarity" for affected Christians (they did target a church after all) but still no response from "true leader" Jacinda. Oh well. :violin:

Why should she? No double standard there because....... I don't know, ask fly-by Homer. If Jacinda were to do the decent thing the hordes of murderous Islamophobic racist white supremacists would come out from under her bed and they've got RHETORIC. Have some understanding.

Jezza Coyne wrote:1.) We have to get a Democrat into the White House, and that means defeating Trump. Unless he’s impeached, that is, and then we have to replace Pence.

2.) I am not excited about any of the Democratic candidates so far. Perhaps I’m just old and tired, but nobody has yet risen from the pack who excites me as much as, say, Obama did.

3.) I’ll be voting Democratic, as usual. Republicans by and large are an odious bunch with repugnant policies, and Trump doesn’t deserve to be dogcatcher, much less President. If we can get a Democratic President, House, and maybe even the Senate, then maybe we can get things done.

That's what people are afraid of.

I see Matt made a brief attempt at a reality check but the hyperbolic caravan of myopia rolls on. The highly educated really can be amongst the most politically deluded. Their opinions aren't subjective, they're scientific FACT, and they know what's best for the plebs. One of the amusing features of WEIT is that they really don't know that they're an echo chamber of sorts.

Speaking as a non-Yank, I really wish that the Dems would take their meds, or the GOP would learn some science and also learn something from Trump's successes. Then Trump can be discarded and the World can get back to tackling environmental isssues without the Marxist baggage. Trump is a discount Churchill, good for an emergency, no good in peacetime.

Does anyone else share this problem with me? I find that I can't stand much of the music I listened to in the 1970s and 1980s. So much of it now sounds like childish, stick-it-to-the-man, bullshit. I guess I have changed, but the music doesn't change.

I heard Boston's song "Peace of Mind" the other day and had to shut it off. These fucking guys are total hypocrites. They pretend they are not competing with anyone while simultaneously doing everything they can to be popular rock stars. They are getting all the bitches, drugs, and money, while telling their "fans" to not worry about shit. Total crap. Haha.

When I was a whiney, depressed, beta I used to love this kind of music. I would wallow in it. Today I am a much more accomplished guitar player and singer and I find myself playing the music that I used to look down upon. Funny... that's all.... just funny. A friend suggested we play "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree". I just played a few verses and found myself feeling great joy. What a silly piece of music.... but it really is a celebration. I played it with a big smile on my face.

Anyway... here is a comment about the difference between Chuck Berry and Bruce Springsteen... and I think I agree with this guy.

The Hockaday girls' school in Dallas has been a bastion of Snooty White Feminism & Upper Class Bohemian Chic,
going-back to Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas touring the school in 1935 (a visit endlessly self-mythologized by the school).

It's the kind of place where 'notable alumna' are more notable for their parents' achievements (the daughters of George W Bush, Mark Cuban, Ross Perot) than their own (Lisa Loeb).

Now the Hockaday School is embroiled in a schism, between the old guard-- who savor their Feminist Entitlement & Privilege to effortlessly embrace both White Gown Cotillions and Hairy Legged-Bra-Burning/ vs. a cretinous SJW new guard-- who attack the Trappings of Privilege, in favor of the Symbolism of Squalid Rebel Insurgency. (They aren't actually renouncing the actual benefits of their Privilege, of course. Just the embarassing white gowns. And female pronouns.)

Anyhoot... there's a pretty good article about the schism in the Dallas Morning News...

Brive1987 wrote: ↑
I’m sure no-one has forgotten that Earth Day is Monday 21 April while Easter resonates on Sunday morning. Which is apparently the third day after Friday 3.00 pm. Something I could never wrap my head around.

Obviously Jesus was crucified west of the international dateline, resurrected east of it, probably in California. Therefore, losing a calendar day.

If we can't put our faith in global corporations like Google - what immortal entities are we to trust?

ThreeFlangedJavis wrote: ↑Speaking as a non-Yank, I really wish that the Dems would take their meds, or the GOP would learn some science and also learn something from Trump's successes. Then Trump can be discarded and the World can get back to tackling environmental isssues without the Marxist baggage. Trump is a discount Churchill, good for an emergency, no good in peacetime.

Ah, but the Dems don't consider it peacetime anymore. That's the extent of their lunacy. They think the election of Trump marked the beginning of another civil war.

They need to disband the whole sodding party and start over from scratch. If I was a septic Democrat and saw the complete meltdown over Trump, I would have lost all confidence in their ability to think straight, let alone govern. In 2010, 215,000 attended the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear, led by two staunch Democrats (one posing as his conservative pundit counterpart), to argue against "vocal extremes demonizing eachother" ... and "intended to promote reasoned discussion." Before Trump got elected and polls showed Hillary would sweep the vote, Democrats urged people to be calm and understanding, to mend, heal, restore. What the fuck happened?

Pitchguest wrote: ↑
The toll in Sri Lanka has risen to more than 200 people dead, about 35+ of those being foreigners, and 500 injured. And now I read there's been another explosion. Still anticipating "solidarity" for affected Christians (they did target a church after all) but still no response from "true leader" Jacinda. Oh well. :violin:

Look at the tortured language the BBC uses:

A wave of bombings that killed 290 people in Sri Lanka on Sunday was carried out with the support of an international network, officials said.

The government has blamed a little-known local jihadist group, National Thowheed Jamath, although no-one has yet admitted carrying out the bombings.

The only mention of muzzies reports them as victims of a previous attack. Nowhere does the story mention islam.

John D wrote: ↑Does anyone else share this problem with me? I find that I can't stand much of the music I listened to in the 1970s and 1980s.

Can't say I have the same issues. My musical taste(s), or lack thereof, are pretty much indelible - when an act or artist makes the grade and enters my archive, they're pretty much guaranteed "air time" until I kick my breathing addiction. Some of my earlier choices may be a bit "cringe" but I'll still give them a play and will ignore any pointing/laughing they prompt.

First album I ever bought - "Ace of spades" by Motörhead is constantly playing.
The Sex Pistols (especially "Nevermind The Bollocks") - as above.
The Cure - still love them.
Pink Floyd - hippies (*spit*) but great music, constantly playing - "Wish you were here" (the track) is my #2 all-time song.
Bauhaus - very much an acquired taste, I'm still a huge fan of their stuff("Hollow Hills" is amazing!).
The Cult - brilliant "basic" rock music.
The Clash - Early stuff is best.
Lots of Metal acts, happily blasted at ear-shattering volume, fuck the naysayers.